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Losses Drop Gauchos Below .500

May 9, 2011 by

UCSB softball closed out its final road trip of the season this past weekend after getting swept by Pacific 3-2, 5-1 and 9-2 at Bill Simoni Field.
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Volleyball Loses in NCAA Championship to Ohio State

May 9, 2011 by

The Gauchos gave everything they had left in the tank, but ultimately it was not enough as the team fell to No. 8 Ohio State in a dramatic five-set NCAA Championship match on Saturday by a score of 3-...
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‘Chos Take Aim at National Title

May 5, 2011 by

Due in part to the stellar play of sophomore middle blocker Dylan Davis, the Gauchos took care of business against No. 1 USC yesterday in Pennsylvania, winning 3-1 (29-27, 24-26, 25-15, 25-18) to adva...
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Gauchos To Take on Northridge in Three-Game Road Series

May 5, 2011 by

Senior left-handed pitcher Nick Capito will get the call for the Gauchos on Saturday. Capito, who will be making his third start of the season, has a 4-2 record with a 3.20 ERA in 45 innings pitched.
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UCSB Faces Big West’s Best

May 5, 2011 by

Gaucho softball will need to bring its A-game up north this weekend if they plan on beating Pacific in a three-game series. UCSB (24-23 overall, 8-7 Big West) was swept by Long Beach last weekend in t...
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Green Advice for Green People: The NFL Draft

May 4, 2011 by

Hey there sporty people. I decided to take a little break from baseball this week and talk to you a little bit about the NFL. Not the labor dispute in the lockout. But that’s not what I want to t...
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Gauchos Head East for Nationals

May 4, 2011 by

After beating USC in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men’s volleyball championships last week, No. 4 UCSB takes on the No. 1 Trojans again in the NCAA Final Four, hosted by Penn State today a...
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Nuglets of Wisdom: Waves of Goodbye… Shredding the Last Tube

May 4, 2011 by

I wish I got up at the crack every day to charge it, but I didn’t. What it has boiled down to is me scoring when I catch that perfect window of opportunity — good waves, blowoff-able or nonexisten...
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Gauchos Finish Lackluster Season at BW Tournament

May 3, 2011 by

Battling a challenging course and blistering heat, the UCSB golf team struggled to a sixth place finish in the Big West Tournament. The Gauchos — entering the day in sixth place — shot a 22-ove...
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Hoop Dreams: Tweet Inspirations — LeBron and Blake

May 3, 2011 by

This week’s Tweet of the Week: Dmoses3 [April 19]: “The dude just said Blake griffin will win a championship before lebron, case in point why Ravi Bhatia needs to write about women’s basketb...
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Undefeated Club Rugby Heads North for Final Four

May 2, 2011 by

For the first time in Gaucho history, the UCSB men’s club rugby team (10-0) will progress to the Final Four, coming back from a halftime 17-0 deficit Sunday against Stanford (7-4) in the Round of 8 ...
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’Chos Drop Two of Three to Riverside

May 1, 2011 by

The road has not been kind to the Gaucho baseball team this season. After an impressive 4-1 mark in its home stand last week, UCSB went 1-2 against Riverside in a three-game series over the weekend.
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Long Beach State Notches Three-Straight in Weekend Domination

May 1, 2011 by

Superior pitching beat skilled offense this weekend when Long Beach State swept UCSB softball 5-0, 6-5 and 3-2 at the 49er Softball Complex.
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Gauchos Earn Spot in Final Four

May 1, 2011 by

UCSB shocked the world of men’s volleyball Saturday night with a five-set win over No. 1 USC at the Trojan’s Galen Center to capture the 2011 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament Champion...
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Third-Seeded Gauchos Upset in First Match of Big West Tourney

May 1, 2011 by

The UCSB women’s water polo team lost any hope of gaining an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with a loss in their first game of the Big West Tournament Friday.
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